Advancing juniors dominate – Friday

May 20, 2016 by

Caribbean Flavours' produce inputs. the stock gained $1.50 on Friday high.

Caribbean Flavours’ produce inputs. the stock gained $1.50 on Friday high.

The junior market closed slightly higher at the close of trading on Friday, with 2,388,762 shares valued at $18,020,899 changing hands, of which 2 million units were accounted for by Caribbean Flavours. The market index rose 12.04 points to end at 2,136.32 with a total of 12 securities traded of which 6 advanced and 2 declined. The market ended with bids for 7 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed at $10.51 with 3,000 units changing hands, CAC 2000 gained 9 cents and closed at $6.50 with 1,539 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents with 12,715 shares changing hands at $4.46, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,000,100 shares and rose $1.50 to end at $8, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents to end at JM Trdng Sht-20-5-16$1.60 with 10,500 shares changing hands. General Accident traded at $2.10 with 50,000 shares trading, Honey Bun closed at $22, with 2,025 shares trading, ISP Finance traded 79,943 units and ended with a 6 cents gain to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.85, Jamaican Teas traded 5,300 units to close at $3.90. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50 with 4,600 shares trading, Lasco Distributors fell 4 cents and closed with 159,489 units trading with the price closing at $7.36. Lasco Financial closed at $3.35 with 17,866 shares changing hands after rising 20 cents and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.44 with 41,865 shares trading.

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Juniors inched up on Wednesday

May 11, 2016 by
Honey Bun at new high of $20 on Wednesday

Honey Bun at new high of $20 on Wednesday

The junior market inched forward at the close on Wednesday, with 952,289 shares valued at $5,433,865 changing hands. The market index added 7.80 points to end at 2,175.95 as a total of 17 securities traded, with 9 advancing and 5 declining. The junior market ended with bids for 4 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost $1 while trading just 1,064 shares to end at $12, Blue Power had 2,000 units changing hands with a gain of 40 cents to close at $13.90, Caribbean Cream traded 7,200 units to end at $5, CAC 2000 ended at $6.40 with a loss of 10 cents as 7,500 shares changed hands. Consolidated Bakeries ended with 26,500 shares changing hands at $1.45 after gaining 22 cents, Dolphin Cove had 11,346 units trading with a loss of 20 cents, to end at $12.55, after the company reported improved first quarter results, that rose 34 percent to 47 cents per share after tax versus 34 cents. General Accident Insurance lost 15 cents while trading 71,500 units to close at $2.50, Honey Bun closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $20, after rising 50 cents, with 26,600 shares trading.JM Trdng Sht-11-5-16 Iron Rock traded 1,000 shares at $3.40, ISP Finance traded 281 shares but gained 9 cents to end at $2.79, Jamaican Teas traded 7,267 shares and fell 10 cents to $3.80. Jetcon Corporation closed at $3 while 5,000 units traded, KLE Group rose 21 cents in trading 10,000 shares and closed at $1.61, Lasco Distributors closed with 314,461 units trading with the price rising 10 cents to close at $7.65, Lasco Financial gained 1 cents to close at $3.50 with 132,560 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.65 with 207,030 shares trading, to gain 5 cents and tTech added 25 cents in closing with 120,980 units at $4.50.

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Juniors climb sharply – Wednesday

April 27, 2016 by
Lasco Financial traded the most shares on the junior market on Wednesday.

Lasco Financial traded the most shares on the junior market on Wednesday.

Trading on the junior market resulted in more stocks rising exceeding declining ones by a wide margin and ended with the index rising 42.37 points to end at 2,109.90 on Wednesday. There were 20 active securities in the junior market with 10 advancing and 4 declining. .
At the close, 2 stocks closed with bids higher than the last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers. Volume traded is 7,092,876 shares valued at $25,938,952.
At the end of trading in a market, Access Financial Services closed at $16.50 with 12,000 units changing hands, AMG Packaging traded 11,000 shares at $13, Cargo Handlers closed at $45, with 525 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 92,870 units, but recovered the 17 cents it lost on Tuesday to end at $4. Caribbean Producers gained 11 cents to end at $4.01 while trading 475,000 units. Consolidated Bakeries rose 7 cents in trading 1,000,000 shares to close at $1.17. C2W Music gained 3 cents while trading 106,324 units to end at 35 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 250 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $12.50, General Accidents closed at $2.65 with 147,688 shares changing hands, Honey Bun lost 20 cents to end at $15.80 with 206,720 shares trading. Iron Rock Insurance traded at $3.10 while 63,000 shares change hands,JM Trdng Sht 27-4-16 ISP Finance had 50,000 shares changing hands and rose 29 cents to close at $2.74, Jamaican Teas traded 397,510 shares and gained 20 cents to end at $3.70, Jetcon Corporation climbed 35 cents to end at $2.85 while 352,125 units traded. KLE Group traded 1,000,000 shares with a rise of 5 cents to $1.45, Lasco Distributors gained 68 cents and ended at $7.20 with 265,511 trading. Lasco Financial closed at $3.10 with 1,493,865 shares changing hands but rose 10 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell by 5 cents to close at $4.70 with 597,108 shares trading, Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 21,500 units changing hands to end with a loss of 2 cents at $2.12 and Eppley 10% reference share traded 799,880 units at $6.10.

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Juniors dip as 8 stocks fall – Tuesday

April 26, 2016 by
Lasco Manufacturing had the largest trade in the junior market

Lasco Manufacturing had the largest trade in the junior market

Trading on the junior market resulted in more stocks declining than rising by a wide margin and ended with the index dropping 37.33 points end at 2,067.53 on Tuesday. A volume of 3,312,315 shares valued at $12,515,372 traded, including two large trades, with Lasco Manufacturing accounting for 1,106,586 shares and Caribbean Producers with 1,063,150 shares.
The market closed with 16 active securities, 2 of which advanced and 8 declined while 2 stocks closed with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading in a market, Access Financial Services closed at $16.50 with 5,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 109,925 units but lost 17 cents to end at $3.83, Caribbean Flavours lost 5 cents to close at $8.50 while 1,222 shares were traded, Caribbean Producers fell 10 cents to end at $3.90. Consolidated Bakeries fell 10 cents in trading just 122,376 shares to close at $1.20, C2W Music had 29,019 units changing hands at 32 cents, JM Trdng Sht 26-4-16General Accidents closed at $2.65 with 136,177 shares changing hands, Honey Bun rose 50 cents to end at $16 with 8,527 shares trading. Iron Rock Insurance fell 40 cents to $3.10 while trading 118,926 shares, ISP Finance had 19,300 shares changing hands, at $2.45, Jamaican Teas traded 74,583 shares at $3.50, KLE Group traded 331,000 shares at $1.40, Lasco Distributors lost 98 cents and ended at $6.52 with 115,359 units trading. Lasco Financial closed at $3 with 43,200 shares changing hands but with a loss of 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing gained 20 cents to close at $4.75 and tTech fell 3 cents and ended with 27,965 shares changing hands at $4.15.

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Juniors pulled back – Monday

April 25, 2016 by

Honey Bun jumped sharply on Monday.

Honey Bun jumped sharply on Monday.

The junior market index fell 9.22 points compared to 159.72 points it gained on Friday to end at 2,104.86 on Monday. In the mid-morning session the juniors were up 47.28 points. There were two big trades with Lasco Manufacturing and General Accident accounting for more than 1.4 million shares each, helping push the volume traded, to 3,718,416 units valued at $14,802,812..
The market closed with 15 active securities, 2 of which advanced and 5 declined while 4 stocks closed with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading in a market, Access Financial Services closed at $16.50 with 150 units changing hands, AMG Packaging gained $1 to close at $13 with 12,460 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 62,882 units at $4, Caribbean Producers traded 4,150 units to end at $4. Consolidated Bakeries fell 1 cent in trading just 500 shares to close at $1.20, C2W Music had 1,000 units changing hands at 32 cents after losing just 1 cent, JM Trdng Sht 25-4-16Dolphin Cove traded 20,000 shares at $13, General Accident closed at $2.65 with 1,447,523 shares changing hands, Honey Bun rose $2.50 to end at $15.50 with 3,000 shares trading. Key Insurance fell by 5 cents to close at $2.50 after 7,913 shares changed hands, Lasco Distributors ended at $7.50 with 344,182 units trading, Lasco Financial closed at $3.03, with 347,500 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents with 1,436,456 shares changing hands to close at $4.55 and tTech ended with 29,200 shares changing hands at $4.18.

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Honey Bun up again on Monday

April 18, 2016 by

Honey Bun jumps again on Monday

Honey Bun jumps again on Monday

The junior market closed slightly higher on Monday with a gain of 21.36 points to 1,874.72, helping in the rise was another climb by Honey Bun following the announcement of a consideration for a stock split. Trading ended with 20 active securities, 7 of which advanced and 8 declined while only 430,780 units valued at $4,634,021, changed hands.
There were only 3 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 50 cents in trading 2,562 units to end at $12.50, Blue Power gained 80 cents to close with 2,196 units changing hands at $12, Caribbean Cream traded 143,062 units to end at $4 after falling by 2 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 90,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $4. Consolidated Bakeries fell 13 cents with 13,000 shares trading $1.05, C2W Music closed at 33 cents with 10,000 units changing hands, General Accident Insurance traded 5,000 units but fell by 40 cents at $2.50, Honey Bun jumped $1.50 to close at $16.50 while 25,160 shares changed hands. iron-rock-ipo-hits-market-shortly/”>Iron Rock Insurance fell 15 cents with 75,500 units changing hands to end at $3.50, Jamaican Teas closed at $3.41 after 72,657 shares changed hands. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 69,809 shares at $2.50 having lost 5 cents, Key Insurance fell 12 cents while trading 80,039 shares to close at $2.53, JM Trdng Sht 18-4-16KLE group traded 21,400 units at $1.43, Knutsford Express closed with 14,437 units changing hands at $19. Lasco Distributors gained 5 cents to end at $5.45 with 211,347 units trading, Lasco Financial rose by 41 cents and closed at $3.03, with 78,664 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents with 143,201 shares changing hands to close at $3.70. Medical Disposables closed at $3.15 with 1,300 shares trading, tTech ended with 2,910 shares changing hands at $4.10 as the price gained 5 cents and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 36,000 units changing hands as the price slipped by 1 cent to end at $2.14.

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Honey Bun jumps $2.45 on Friday

April 15, 2016 by

Honey Bun jumped sharply on Friday.

Honey Bun jumped sharply on Friday.

The junior market closed slightly higher on Friday with a gain of 27.86 points to 1,853.36 but more stocks declined than gained as Honey Bun share price jumped 19.5 percent. Trading ended with 18 active securities, 4 of which advanced and 6 declined while only 430,780 units valued at $1,515,398, changed hands.
There were only 4 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 12 cents in trading 1,060 units to end at $13, Blue Power closed with 1,179 units changing hands at $11.20, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,000 units to end at $8.55 after gaining $1.05, Caribbean Producers traded 5,750 units and lost 10 cents to end at $3.90. Consolidated Bakeries rose 18 cents with 12,000 shares trading $1.18, C2W Music closed at 33 cents with 2,000 units changing hands, General Accident Insurance traded 594 units at $2.90, Honey Bun jumped $2.45 to close at $15 while 2,748 shares changed hands. Iron Rock Insurance had 1,000 units changing hands to end at $3.65, ISP Finance closed at $2.50 after trading 48,379 units, Jamaican Teas closed at $3.41 after JM Trdng Sht 15-4-161,200 shares changed hands but ended with the offer at $3.35 to sell 68,657 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 70,611 shares at $2.55 having lost 14 cents, Key Insurance fell 35 cents while trading 91,930 shares to close at $2.65, Knutsford Express closed with 406 units changing hands at $19. Lasco Distributors gained 34 cents to end at $5.40 with 93,665 units trading, Lasco Financial closed at $2.62, with 46,756 shares changing hands, the bid closed at $2.94 to buy 38,000 units with good support down to $2.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents with 10,233 shares changing hands to close at $3.60 and tTech ended with 37,729 shares trading to end at $4.05 as the price fell by 3 cents.

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More gains for juniors on Monday

April 11, 2016 by
ISP Finance at new high on Monday.

ISP Finance at new high on Monday.

The junior market close slightly higher on Monday with an increase of 9.79 points to close at 1,824.16. Trading ended with 17 active securities, 4 of which advanced and 3 declined as 1,018,853 units valued at $4,061,844, changed hands.
There were 5 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, Access Financial had 6,220 shares trading to close at $16.60, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents in trading 17,450 shares at $4, Caribbean Flavours rose 55 cents with 5,698 shares trading at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 57,130 units, to end at $4.05, C2W Music had 1,000 units changing hands at 33 cents. General Accident ended trading 59,420 units and closed at $2.59, Honey Bun had just 30,500 shares trading but ended unchanged at $11, JM Trdng Sht 11-4-16ISP Finance rose 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.55 after trading 6,031 units. Jetcon Corporation lost 24 cents to close at $2.60 after 8,680 shares changed hands, Key Insurance closed at $3 with 8,050 units changing hands. KLE Group traded just 1,485 shares to gain 3 cents to end at $1.69, Knutsford Express jumped $4.50 with just 100 units changing hands at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 319,314 units trading at $5. Lasco Financial closed at $3 with 127,872 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 160,969 shares changing hands to close at $3.65, Eppley 10% preference share traded 10,000 units at $6.10 and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 15 cents to end at $2.25 with 198,934 units changing hands.

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Juniors steady – Thursday

April 7, 2016 by

JSE sign The junior market took a breather on Thursday from the sharp fall of the past few days to record a moderate gain of 6.85 points to close at 1,762.87. The market ended with 12 active securities, 4 of which advanced and 5 declined as only 785,366 units changed hands, valued at $2,423,588.
There were 6 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers. The junior market have fallen by a huge 25.5 percent from it peak earlier in the year. Sharp declines in the three Lasco listed stocks are major factors behind the steepness of the fall.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 fell 3 cents as 11,080 shares traded to close at $6.50, Consolidated Bakeries lost 6 cents in trading 55,367 units, to end at $1.15, C2W Music traded 8,700 units at 33 cents, Dolphin Cove ended at $14.50 with 190 shares trading, General Accident fell by 37 cents in trading 93,021 units and closed at $2.33.JM Trdng Sht 7-4-16 Honey Bun had just 969 shares trading but rose 50 cents to end at $11, Jamaican Teas closed at $3.80 after trading 66,814 units. Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents to close at $2.85 after 363,344 shares changed hands, Key Insurance gained 10 cents to close at $3 with 19,501 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors lost 1 cent and ended with 110,580 units trading at $4.50. Lasco Financial rose by 1 cent to end at $3 with 1,700 shares changing hands and Lasco Manufacturing ended with 54,100 shares changing hands having risen by 1 cent to close at $3.51.

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Junior market drops sharply – Tuesday

April 5, 2016 by

Eppley added $59 to reach a new high on Tuesda

Eppley added $59 to reach a new high on Tuesday

At the close, the junior market index dropped sharply by 93.63 points or 4.9 percent to close at 1,811.08. The market ended with 18 active securities, 3 of which advanced and 8 declined as 1,469,331 units changed hands, valued at $8,265,286. Eppley ordinary share trading for only the 8th time since listing in late 2013 to hit a 52 weeks’ high by rising $58.99.
There were 2 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services lost 40 cents with 1,500 shares traded to close at $16.60, Caribbean Producers traded 500 shares to end with a loss of 10 cents at $4, Consolidated Bakeries had 7,085 units trading, to end at $1.24, C2W Music 5,000 units changing hands to close at of 33 cents. Eppley gained 14.75 percent in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $459 with 5,300 shares trading with an increase of $58.99, on the same day the company had an extraordinary meeting to vote on an increase in the share capital by 500,000 ordinary shares. General Accident fell by 8 cents in trading just 100 units at $2.90. Honey Bun had 1,889 units trading to end at $11.50, Iron Rock had 125,840 shares trading but eased 15 cents to end at $3.85, Jamaican Teas closed at $4 after trading 9,242 units. JM Trdng Sht 5-4-16Jetcon Corporation closed at $2.90 after 395,110 shares changed hands, Key Insurance lost 10 cents to close at $2.75 with 79,823 units changing hands. KLE Group closed at $1.70 after rising by 5 cents with 6,795 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed with 57,252 units changing hands at $17.50 with a loss of $4.50, Lasco Distributors lost 70 cents and ended with 362,475 units trading to close at $4.90. Lasco Financial ended at $2.75 with 16,900 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 125,020 shares changing hands and loss of 59 cents to close at $3.06, tTech traded 2,500 shares to end at $4.30 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with a gain of 1 cent as 267,000 un inits traded to close at $2.17.

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